Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children

Caveolin-1 Variant Is Associated With the Metabolic Syndrome in Kuwaiti Children

Caveolin-1 (CAV1) variants have been suggested to be associated with obesity and related metabolic disorders, but information based on human studies is limited. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the potential association between the CAV1 rs1997623 C/A variant and metabolic syndrome (MetS...

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Main Authors: Rasheeba Nizam, Ebaa Al-Ozairi, Jo Max Goodson, Motesam Melhem, Lena Davidsson, Hessa Alkhandari, Ashraf Al Madhoun, Sara Shamsah, Malak Qaddoumi, Ghazi Alghanim, Nouf Alhasawi, Mohamed Abu-Farha, Jehad Abubaker, Ping Shi, Mor-Li Hartman, Mary Tavares, Milad Bitar, Hamad Ali, Hossein Arefanian, Sriraman Devarajan, Faisal Al-Refaei, Osama Alsmadi, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Fahd Al-Mulla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
CAV1
HDLC
metabolic syndrome
Kuwaiti children
obesity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00689/full

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